Chapter 773 Meeting an old friend again

The National Day Dinner, in terms of organizational format, is actually very close to the one when Chang Haonan received the National Science and Technology Award.

It’s still the banquet hall on the second floor of the city hall, it’s still dining at separate tables for 10 people, and it’s still the same classic Huaiyang cuisine.

It’s just that the level and scale are much higher.

The banquet hall, which can accommodate 5000 people, was almost full.

What surprised Chang Haonan was that he was assigned to table No. 7——

The tables for this dinner were probably divided according to different industries and identities. For example, certain tables were for academic representatives, certain tables were for the People's Liberation Army, and certain tables were for student representatives.

Some things that are not easy to separate are broken up and inserted.

But the first seven tables are different.

It's the main table.

There will be a boss assigned to each table.

In other words, there are only 63 positions in total.

It can be said that it is quite difficult to get one among them.

And at this table, he actually saw two acquaintances.

Zheng Liangqun, who had just set up a plane over Tiananmen Square in the morning, was quite expected, but the other one surprised Chang Haonan somewhat.

"Qin Wengui, Qin Gong?"

Two years ago, Chang Haonan received his first heavyweight honor - the Chinese Youth May 4th Medal.

At that time, the person receiving the award with him was Qin Wengui.

In fact, the two of them had only met once in the past, and Chang Haonan's impression of the other people was even a little vague.

However, Qin Wengui's iconic white hair is quite eye-catching even among the generally older people at the front tables.

Relatively speaking, Chang Haonan has no particularly eye-catching features.

Except young.

But to participate in an occasion like today, you must take care of yourself in a mature direction.

So Qin Wengui didn't suddenly raise his head until his name was called out. .

He recognized Chang Haonan immediately:

"Uh... Chang Gong, hello, hello."

Qin Wengui's face showed a bit of surprise at meeting an acquaintance, but when he spoke, there was no tone of voice, and he was not even coherent.

Apparently a little reserved.

After all, although the big guys haven't entered the scene yet, the current formation is definitely considered a big scene.

At least it was bigger than when they went to receive the May Fourth Medal.

"Is Mr. Qin still working on the oil front line?"

After not seeing each other for two years, Qin Wengui gave people a more vicissitudes of life than the last time they met.

If you were sitting in an office, I'm afraid there wouldn't be such a big change.

"Yes."

Qin Wengui nodded:

"After I went back last time, my superiors asked me if I wanted to be transferred to the headquarters in Shanzhou. However, I felt that I had to deal with the field at hand. Besides, I also have a project at hand, which is about simplifying deep well mining. As for the casing process, this kind of production technology is impossible to conduct research on if you are not on the front line, so I didn’t agree.”

Qin Wengui is not an ordinary oil well operator, but a senior engineer, a high-level applied talent.

"Then now is..."

"Oh, drilling in Qingtang Bureau."

Although many state-owned enterprises have begun de-administrative reforms in recent years, units such as petroleum and forestry are generally located in remote locations and have huge jurisdictions. Their business also requires them to have certain administrative functions, so they have not been restructured along with them.

Therefore, large oil fields such as Qingtang Bureau are still on the same level as prefecture-level cities, and their subordinate drilling offices are also equivalent to a municipal-level bureau.

Qin Wengui was able to reach this position at the age of 38, and his progress is definitely very fast.

"Forget it, let's not talk about me for now."

After chatting with an acquaintance, Qin Wengui gradually relaxed:

"Calculating the time, Chang Gong should be graduating soon. Are you planning to continue your studies or go somewhere higher?"

When this question was asked, before Chang Haonan could react, Zheng Liangqun, who had been sitting next to the two of them and listened, stopped holding back and covered his face and laughed.

In fact, Qin Wengui really just found a reason to ask——

He didn't know the other seven people at this table at all, but they all seemed to be in high positions at first glance.

Only chatting with Chang Haonan can relieve the tension.

The petroleum industry and the military industry are two completely different lines of administration.

Let alone the leader of a second-level central enterprise, Qin Wengui may not even know who the director of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense is.

Just like Chang Haonan didn't know who the general manager of Huaxia Petroleum was.

When the two received the award together, Chang Haonan's title was the rather eye-catching "student".

According to normal calculations, it is true that I will graduate from graduate school next year.

In Qin Wengui's view, since Chang Haonan has already sat at this table, it must be a bright future. It is obviously a good topic to ask him about his plans after graduation.

only……

In the end, in order to avoid Chang Haonan being suspected of boasting, Zheng Liangqun took the initiative to explain the current situation for him.

Qin Wengui:

"..."

The scene was very embarrassing.

Fortunately, the awkward atmosphere did not last long.

"Are you Chang Haonan, Professor Chang from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics?"

A voice sounded from behind Chang Haonan.

He turned around and saw a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties.

"I'm."

He stood up and picked up his wine glass.

Since I don’t drink alcohol, it is filled with water.

However, in this situation, it is obviously impossible for someone to persuade someone to drink.

"May I ask you are……"

Chang Haonan has just been a professor for more than three months, and he is still not used to being called professor.

And compared to model chief engineer and chief planner, this title is not as widely circulated.

"Tian Gang, a professor at Yan University, from the Department of Mathematics."

The other party replied:

"I have long admired your name. When I was walking past here just now, I heard this comrade general introducing you, so I came here to get to know you."

Chang Haonan thought for a moment and finally remembered the other party's identity.

I saw this name before when I was reading the paper.

Study differential geometry.

Then I remembered that in the last life, Professor Tian seemed to have had some written disputes with another differential geometry master, Qiu Chengtong.

However, Chang Haonan's understanding of this is only at the level of gossip, and he has no idea of ​​who is right and who is wrong.

I don’t want to have any idea.

This kind of rhetoric in academic circles will not produce any results in the first place.

Although he does want to make some noise in the mathematics community now, it is mainly to prepare for setting up academic journals and even research institutions in the future.

After all, Chang Haonan does not belong to the mathematics circle. More importantly, he has abundant resources at hand, so there is no need to get involved and cause trouble for himself.

"It turns out to be Professor Tian."

He clinked glasses with the other party:

"I have read your papers before and gained a lot of inspiration. If I have the opportunity, I hope to ask you for advice."

He stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling person. Although he didn't know if the other person had any purpose in finding him in such a slightly blunt way, but since others showed such a good attitude first, he must also be polite.

In fact, Tian Gang's thoughts at this time were not that complicated.

Simply he received a review invitation from the Annals of Mathematics.

It is a proof of two assumptions in the field of differential geometry.

There is nothing wrong with the content.

If published, I am afraid it will play a significant role in proving the Poincaré conjecture.

It can even be regarded as the most influential paper in the field of differential geometry in the second half of the 90s.

At least there is no problem in naming these two lemmas after their authors.

But the affiliation of the only author and corresponding author made him a little concerned——

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

This is not a school that specializes in theoretical mathematics.

Tian Gang had never even reviewed a paper from this university in the past.

I happened to hear Chang Haonan's name by accident today, and out of curiosity, I came over to get to know him.

Of course, logically speaking, reviewers should not have direct contact with the reviewees.

Some journals even perform blind reviews so that reviewers cannot see information about the authors.

But actually doing it is another story.

Especially in small circles like theoretical mathematics.

There were only a few people in each direction, and almost all of them knew each other.

If you really want to strictly implement the avoidance principle, then there is no need to review the manuscript.

So I don't attach much importance to these.

However, just when he was about to say something more, a burst of music suddenly sounded, followed by the host's voice announcing that the dinner had officially begun.

Everyone's attention also turned to the leaders who came to the podium to give congratulatory speeches...